phases that make me want to smack someone

[IRescue452]

Words from other countries, like France, are so ingrained into our language here in WI that its easy for us to pronounce them. The other day I heard somebody from England pronounce buffet the way its spelled and I almost cried laughing.

[Miss Z]

Words from other countries, like France, are so ingrained into our language here in WI that its easy for us to pronounce them. The other day I heard somebody from England pronounce buffet the way its spelled and I almost cried laughing.

Wow, that's interesting, most people I know can say 'buffet' how it's meant to be said (buh-fay). We get quite a bit of Europen languages mixed up in our language, although it has to be said, not nearly as much as they get of ours.

Maybe this English person you heard was scouse. Hee, hee, just joking.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

LOL!!!
You all are just cracking me up!!!
I'm sorry but I've been so sick this summer with bronchitis and other health problems that I'm just glad to be alive!!!

Threads like this one and the one about being upset about how someone spells just seem so funny to me!!!

Whatever happened to accepting people like they are?

I guess I just learned the hard way that some things just aren't worth the effort to get upset at!

[Marigold2]

Nice to see you came too, you blacked out there for a bit.

well I say Y'all all the time, Smack me I dare you!

[critter crazy]

Nice to see you came too, you blacked out there for a bit.

Ha ha ha ha ha!!

I'm Ready now, y'all set for round 2???

[Marigold2]

It's ok to speak that way in the south where it is more accepted however if you come up north and you are applying for a job, proper English is required. There is no reason to speak incorrectly unless you don't know the correct term. No one wants to be misunderstood or made fun of because they are not speaking proper English.

As for what I am cooking I am making a roast in the crockpot since it is over 90* here. Thank you for asking.

Hey, im from the south and i talk like a southern
heres how i talk: hey ya'll, whatchya cookin' up?

[Marigold2]

Ha ha ha oh God I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. You have a great sense of humor. You are what makes PT special.

Ha ha ha ha ha!!

I'm Ready now, y'all set for round 2???

[Marigold2]

I worked at that office once. It was my job to hire people. Can you imagine someone coming in and saying. U-Haul. LOL
I worked with great, intelligent, hardworking, fun, silly people who spoke proper English. I miss that job.
My one co-worker had a green water water pistol and she would squirt me with it when I was on the phone talking like U-Haul just wrote. LOL

Corporate speak makes me want to smack someone. For example ...
"We’re an Innovative and Progressive Organization, with an infrastructure that is adaptable to Ever-Changing Global Paradigms. Moving Forward, Our Scalable and Robust Architecture will allow us to maximize Shareholder Value, while maintaining a customer-centric environment. We’re a Leader in the Global Marketplace, and maintain a socially concious attitude."

There. I threw in as many corporate-speaks as i could in one sentence. Someone can smack me now.

[Freedom]

For example....
I have a mailman or a maillady NOT a mailPERSON!
I have firemen NOT fire persons ( just so happens all our firemen are actually men here ).
I have police men or police woman NOT police persons!
.........
I'm still waiting for the politically correct versions of nursery rhymes to take over and no longer will our children read such things as....

Mail carrier; fire fighter; police officer. Gender neutral terms DO exist and always have.

As for the nursery rhymes, well I guess someone will do it; they already did that to the Holiday Stories! -- the Bedtime Stories -- and Fairy Tales!

http://www.amazon.com/Politically-Co.../dp/0028604202

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Hahahahahaha!!!
I bet people in England cringe at our "proper" English!!!

[K9soul]

I guess I'm pretty accepting of the different ways people speak. It does not make me angry or make me feel like smacking anyone if they speak differently from me or speak with regional dialect-isms. Everyone is different in background, education, location and so on. Some of the silly ways of saying things become endearing in people I've been close to. For example my great grandma spoke very old Ozarks type talk, I suppose hillbilly-like, and I treasured being around her and treasured the way she spoke, even if it wasn't "proper." She was a loving and wonderful lady and when I think of her and remember her saying 'tomaters' or 'worshing the sheets' it makes me smile.

So in general I can't say people's way of speaking or even various phrases they may say gets under my skin. It just becomes a part of that person.

[critter crazy]

I think the biggest thing that irritates me, is when people bust on me, about how I talk! If you dont like what I say, or how I say it, dont listen! This is, after all a free country!

[critter crazy]

It's ok to speak that way in the south where it is more accepted however if you come up north and you are applying for a job, proper English is required. There is no reason to speak incorrectly unless you don't know the correct term. No one wants to be misunderstood or made fun of because they are not speaking proper English.

As for what I am cooking I am making a roast in the crockpot since it is over 90* here. Thank you for asking.

I live in the North, and say Y'all all the time! I have even used it during a few interviews, I have yet to interview for a job, and not get it!!

Here up north, people who use "Proper" English are usually refered to as "Uptight".

[Sevaede]

I don't really *hate* any bits of speech.

Phrases such as "don't got no" have a tendency to make me wince, though. Again, I don't hate any bits of speech, the people who use them, nor would I get physical with those folks.

My husband is a *very* intelligent and capable southerner who uses "y'all" sometimes. It has never impeded his search for jobs.

[Vela]

For myself, I can't imagine wasting any of my time really caring how others say things. Sure lots of people say things differently than I do, but as long as their point gets across I don't much mind how they do it. I have very proper English, and I can speak like a hillbilly if I'm goofing around or what not, but it really just doesn't bother me. I figure so many come from such varied backgrounds that I would expect people to talk very differently.